Egypt 13: Old Egyptian Museum

 

 

 Back to Cairo.

Now unofficially the Old Egyptian Museum since the GEM opened last year, this Victorian-looking building still has plenty of stuff worth seeing.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Pharoah Ramesses II

 

The god Serapis. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Merpneptah Stele.  It contains the only written mention of Israel found in ancient Egypt.  Pharoah Merneptah (circa 1200 BCE) brags about his military victories, including destroying the people Israel.  This appears to have been a tad exaggerated.

The Hierakonpolis Mask, approximately 5,700 years old.  Older than the pyramids.

Pharoah Khafre (2500 BCE). The falcon is the god Horus.

The Seated Scribe (2500 BCE). We saw him every time we paid for something with a 200 Egyptian pound note (worth about 4 dollars today).

Below: an Assyrian prisoner and baby Ramesses II, protected by Horus.

Next: : Akhenaten

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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